“What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?”

15 Years Ago, I:
1. Was living in this very house
2. Attended St. Justin Martyr Catholic School
3. Shaved my legs for the first time
4. was forced by my mom to wear a bra, even though I didn't wanna

10 Years Ago, I:
1. played clarinet in HS band
2. shared a room with my mom in a small condo
3. had a crush on Chris Gee
4. was best friends with my cousin Wendy

5 Years Ago, I:
1. moved out of my mom's place
2. worked at Disneyland
3. was in a really bad relationship
4. dropped out of school

2 Years Ago, I:
1. was in the middle of different yet equally destructive relationship (catching a pattern?)
2. quit working at Disneyland and got a server gig.
3. went back to school
4. got my wisdom teeth pulled

1 Year Ago, I:
1. started doodling my first name and J's last in my notes like I was 13
2. was starting to notice that my relationship with my friends was changing
3. Began to see the light at the end of the tunnel with this whole school thing.
4. finally caved and got a cell phone

Yesterday, I:
1. went to class at 9am and got home from work at 11:30pm
2. took a to-go order for a really nice guy; we had a great conversation
3. made tentative plans to go to the zoo or aquarium with lab partners this week
4. deposited more money into my savings account and our wedding account

Today, I:
1. started the process of putting my room back together
2. slept 'til 11
3. have talked to J twice
4. go into work at 4


10 bands you've seen live
1.Paul McCartney
2.Petshop Boys
3.Jet
4.The Black Keys
5.The Iron Maidens
6.Les San Coulettes
7.Kenny Loggins
8.The Rattlesnakes
9.Stranger (in rehearsal)
10.Nirali

9 things you're looking forward to
1. Living in the same place as my fiance'
2. Finishing school
3. Being married
4. Traveling
5. Feeling like I live in a space truly my own
6. Having a job where I can pee whenever I want
7. This semester being OVER
8. Seeing Ginger again.
9. Getting back into shape

8 things that you wear daily
1. a bra
2. glasses or contacts
3. engagement ring
4. a smile
5. jeans (for not work)or black pants (for work)
6. socks
7. my purse/backpack
8. ?

7 things that annoy you
- people who lack compassion
- being cold
- customers who treat servers like robots
- bugs inside the house (spiders or roaches, specifically)
- that being "ghetto" is trendy. Same thing for being dumb and blonde.
- When people use gay as a negative adjective. (OMG. That's so gay.)

6 things you touch every day
- computer
- phone
- me
- my backback
- car
- toothbrush (lucky you!)


5 things you do every morning
- sleep
- grooming
- check lj
- look for my daily text message from J
- curse about how I've not done the laundry

4 people you'd like to spend more time with
- J
- Ginger
- My estranged roomates
- The shiny people

3 movies you could watch over and over
- LOTR movies
- The big Lebowski
- The Royal Tenenbaums

2 of your favorite songs at the moment
- I need
- new music bad

1 person you could spend the rest of your life with
- J

I was tagged a long time ago by mystryloca to do this one...

5 Guilty pleasures:

• Bad reality TV (ie the Biggest Loser)


• Dr. Pepper


• Reading in a hot bath when it's cold outside.


• Obsessing about wedding plans that are a year and a half away


• The first season of Lost on DVD

5 Simple Pleasures:

• Green Tea


• Backrubs


• Sushi


• Ballet basics/stretching


• Laughter

Tagging.....oh, do it if you wanna